The 2021 British Speedway Premiership League was the 86th season of the top division of British Speedway, called the Premiership in 2021. The 2020 season had been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Six teams participated.
Team changes Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 champions) not fielding a team due to the uncertainty surrounding the Abbey Stadium. The Poole Pirates dropped down to the next league down, the SGB Championship but Sheffield Tigers joined the league after previously competing in the SGB Championship 2019.
The league started on 17 May and race meetings were covered by Eurosport. Peterborough Panthers finished top of the regular season table by just one point, overtaking the long time leaders Wolverhampton Wolves. By virtue of finishing top they elected to play Wolves in the play off semi finals rather than the third or fourth placed teams Belle Vue and Sheffield. Peterborough then deservedly won the playoffs by beating Wolverhampton in the semifinals and Belle Vue in the final.
The Peterborough team gained the nickname the 'Dad's Army' due to the fact that four of their riders were aged 40 or older.
Regular season Pos Team P W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts1 Peterborough Panthers 20 7 0 3 5 3 1 1 0 974 826 532 Wolverhampton Wolves 20 9 0 1 5 1 1 0 3 976 824 523 Belle Vue Aces 20 6 1 3 3 0 1 4 2 929 870 374 Sheffield Tigers 20 7 0 3 3 0 1 2 4 905 895 375 Ipswich Witches 20 3 1 6 0 2 0 2 6 819 981 186 King's Lynn Stars 20 1 2 7 0 1 0 3 6 796 1003 11
A Fixtures
B Fixtures
League scoring system Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by any number of points = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4
Play-offs Draw
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Grand final First leg
Second leg
Teams & final averages
Belle Vue Aces
9.52 7.83 7.09 7.07 6.94 5.92 4.41 4.00
Ipswich Witches
8.49 7.36 6.77 5.75 5.57 5.29 4.96 3.95 1.33
King's Lynn Stars
8.62 6.48 6.46 5.85 5.78 5.40 5.35 5.30 4.59 3.93 3.40 3.20 2.80
Peterborough Panthers
8.73 8.04 7.92 7.71 7.56 7.14 3.41
Sheffield Tigers
9.44 8.81 8.31 7.03 7.00 6.29 4.67 3.87 3.38 2.67
Wolverhampton Wolves
8.94 8.15 8.06 7.96 7.63 3.85 5.93 2.40
Knockout Cup It was announced that the Premiership Supporters Cup would not be held during 2021.
See also List of United Kingdom speedway league champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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